- Call of Duty Warzone will finally be getting an anti-cheat system with the release of Vanguard
- The RICOCHET anti-cheat is developed especially for the Call of Duty franchise
- It will target all known instances of cheating and fraud using a multi-faceted approach
Activision has revealed RICOCHET – the long-awaited anti-cheat system coming to Warzone with the release of Vanguard.
Activision Reveals RICOCHET
Activision will finally have a more permanent solution to the severe problem with cheaters plaguing Call of Duty Warzone. The RICOCHET anti-cheat is developed especially for the CoD franchise, taking its defense weaknesses in mind.
In the last few months, the free-to-play battle-royale title has been continuously exploited by hackers who try to get the edge over other players or just want to anger their competitors. The problem has persisted despite the numerous ban waves that have tried to clean up the game, because of its free nature. Even hardware bans didn’t seem to be enough.
With the release of the next mainline Call of Duty title, Call of Duty Vanguard, Activision will implement RICOCHET to both the new game and to Call of Duty Warzone. Warzone players should get RICOCHET as soon as the upcoming Pacific update releases in the next few months.
RICOCHET Aims to Solve Warzone’s Problems
Activision spoke about the new anti-cheat and its capabilities. “The RICOCHET Anti-Cheat initiative is a multi-faceted approach to combat cheating, featuring new server-side tools which monitor analytics to identify cheating, enhanced investigation processes to stamp out cheaters, updates to strengthen account security, and more,” the company explained.
Activision confirmed that fans should get the anti-cheat as soon as the Pacific update and should experience an immediate relief in their gameplay.
The new anti-cheat system will be equipped with algorithms that easily identify cheaters without the need for player reports and direct human intervention. RICOCHET will enhance security across the board and will implement a kernel-level driver for PC Warzone. The kernel-level driver will protect against any software and applications that try to manipulate Call of Duty Warzone. This will detect most third-party cheating systems that hackers use to cheat the game.
Sadly, the kernel-level driver won’t see a release for Warzone’s console editions but, according to Activision, console players should still feel relief since the game features cross-play and the decrease in PC cheaters will affect everyone.
The reveal of RICOCHET is definitely some good news for Call of Duty enthusiasts. A lot of them have had to struggle with all kinds of aimbots and spinbots which, needless to say, takes away the enjoyment from the game. Hopefully, this will soon come to an end.
